Houston Texans*SS Danieal Manning made the switch from FS to a role in the box following the signing of Ed Reed and departure of previous SS Glover Quin, and it’s still too early to judge whether or not the switch has hurt or helped Manning. The 31-year-old veteran has recorded 24 tackles, a sack, and three passes defended so far this season, but he’s been more impressive in coverage than in run defense, which really isn’t a surprise.

There’s some bad news regarding Manning,as Jerome Solomon of the*Houston Chronicle reports, citing a source, that Danieal Manning is set to miss 6-8 weeks with a leg injury. It’s just more horrible luck for the Houston Texans, as they are already dealing with an injury to starting quarterback Matt Schaub (say what you want, but he’s a whole lot better than T.J. Yates), a significant injury to tight end Owen Daniels (short-term I.R.), and it seems like Duane Brown is still not 100%.

Not like Manning helped a whole lot on his KR though, we seriously need to just stop taking the freaking ball out of the EZ period, it hasn't done any good whatsoever. Of course that'd require "Coach" Joe to actually do something instead of sit around with his thumb up his azz.

Keo, Ed Reed, Swearinger & Pleasant only healthy S on roster. Who knows how healthy Reed is since he hasn't made contact since 2012. Texans just about forced to make a roster move.

I was wanting them to pick up Kerry Rhodes instead of signing the dinosaur. He's still a FA. Don't know if the whole him being gay thing is an issue but I think it'd be a perfect fit for the squad anyway.

Now Kubiak is referring to Manning having a knee problem. Drew Sougherty on HT.com:

[quote]Danieal Manning has a "significant knee injury", Gary Kubiak said on Monday. The Texans will be without the veteran strong safety for an undetermined length of time, according to the head coach.

"It's something that's going to take some time," Kubiak said. "We're trying to evaluate exactly how much time before we make decisions on moving forward."[/QUOTE]

The wording is beginning to make me think that Manning could ultimately be out for the season.